Space Battleship Yamato 2205: The New Voyage - Prior Chapter: Take Off

Saraba chikyuu yo, tabidatsu fune wa

Farewell Earth, a ship is taking off

Uchuu Senkan Yamato

Space Battleship Yamato

Space Battleship

Yamato

A New Voyage

Ucyuu no kanata Iskandar he unmei seoi ima tobitatsu

It's about to take off to Iscandar carrying the fate of humanity

Kanarazu koko he kaette kuru to

We'll return for sure

Te wo furu hito ni egao de kotae

Smile back at the people waving their hands

Ginga wo hanare Iscandar e harubaru nozomu

Leaving the Milky Way to go all the way to Iscandar

Uchuu Senkan Yamato

Space Battleship Yamato

The Blue Crystal...

The color of that flower is the color of sorrow.

Sister, have you ever considered...

...opening the Sanktel instead of waiting for rescue attempts that don't seem to succeed ?

Wouldn't it bring peace to the universe ?

Humans always fight.

They can't seem to reach the same state that the creator, Archelias, had achieved.

In order for humans to obtain eternity as they are...

...then we must rely on Sanktel.

That's what the Dezariam want.

It's the only way for humans to be free from sorrow.

We still have time. Please perform the ritual for Garmillas.

Yurisha, not much time has passed since you became what you are.

Once enough time passes, you'll understand that...

...with eternity in its hands, mankind will not achieve salvation.

Eternity and happiness can never coexist.

You know that the humans who currently exist in this universe...

...were created by the intervention of the ancient Archelias civilization, right ?

We are all children of Archelias.

Yet time of birth, and the time necessary for us to grow and evolve differ.

Our personalities are different, as well.

The same goes for human siblings.

On that account, Iscandar is one of the earliest civilizations to develop...

...much like the eldest son...

...having a tireless desire to improve and a thirst for knowledge.

A greedy, controlling and very selfish first son.

Because of that...

...the people of Iscandar realized early that...

...every rule of the universe would become an obstacle in reaching the state of...

...the ancient people of Archelias, who created us and then departed somewhere.

Ranhalt...

Once you escape all physical restraints, including this body...

Keyman, is that you ?!

Why are you here ?

What you're looking at is a human form that both of you can recognize.

It appears an acceptable shape must be chosen for the truth to be told.

What are you...?

Wait.

Scared ?

Right. I can't stop shaking.

Every Garmillas soldier seems disturbed...

...ever since they heard Starsha's proclamation about telling us the truth.

It's like their bodies are telling them that they shouldn't know about it.

Being in combat would be much better than this.

This is the entrance to Sanktel.

In order to proceed, you must undergo a ritual.

Ritual ?

The civilization of Telezart reached the same state as ours when they abandoned their bodies.

They obtained the crystallized entity called Teresa...

...but they became isolated because of their intermediate existence.

The people of Iscandar are different.

We preserved everything within our memories...

...and obtained the ability to change the universe with them.

This path is normally irreversible...

...but in your case you'll only have a brief dream.

Don't be afraid. Open your heart.

There are countless civilizations containing the wisdom of multitudes of intelligent lives.

Every element of those planets, including Iscandar, is stored in this gigantic memory vault called Sanktel.

Within those crystals, a number of memories remain active, living on in eternal joy.

You did it, Susumu.

This male alpine black swallowtail will complete your collection.

This butterfly can obtain eternity.

Once mounted, this butterfly will remain beautiful forever.

But you know it, don't you ? Such happiness won't last forever.

What if you could forget about everything and live in this moment forever ?

What if you could live and re-live your favorite moment as many times as you wanted ?

Abelt, you are an incomplete human.

Everyone is incomplete.

That's why people kill each other, even on the same planet.

Such twisted people are scattered throughout the universe.

Humans annihilate each other, and they'll inevitably bring destruction upon the universe.

Before that happens, we can turn entire civilizations into memories for preservation.

Just like this butterfly retains its beauty...

...all living things can live in peace.

Multiple civilizations can coexist forever in static time.

If we use the Cosmo Reverse System...

...we can even reconstruct a real civilization from its memory.

That is, if we wish to go outside by abandoning this eternal happiness.

Now, let's begin the ritual.

Don't avert your eyes.

In order to store all the elements of a planet, the civilization and its people...

...we must wipe them from the real world.

That is the ritual.

It's been repeated over and over to preserve lives and civilizations forever.

Genocide by Iscandar.

You must be thinking something's wrong.

You're correct.

The people of Iscandar were the first to turn themselves into elements.

It began with a few people. And eventually everyone followed.

All except for the royal family, which manages the memory vault...

...the people of Iscandar abandoned their physical bodies...

...and laid themselves within Sanktel.

If so, who's performing the ritual of destroying lives and civilizations with a massive army ?

What was needed was a strong body, as well as the weakness of surviving only in a specific environment.

Such slaves are easy to manipulate.

They must worship Iscandar as a god, and follow its orders faithfully.

Iscandar discovered a planet...

...and abducted its blue-skinned locals...

...who were then forced to migrate to Iscandar's twin planet.

Using Cosmo Reverse, the infertile planet was reborn as an identical copy of their home planet.

The slaves are called...

...Garmillas.

In the ancient language of Iscandar it means...

..."Galman ape.""

Grow up quickly...

...Abelt.

Desler !

Knowing all this, do you still wish to save me ?

It's so quiet. It's almost creepy.

Will Captain Kodai bring Starsha...

I am certain he will bring her.

He isn't the kind of person who would abandon someone.

The Garmillas are slaves who were brought from Galman by Iscandar ?

Loyalty to Iscandar and the pride in our noble blue skin...

...are just mere results of mind control on the entire race.

The life of our planet was shortened...

...due to the stress of turning a lifeless planet into a copy of planet Galman thousands of years ago.

It eroded planet Garmillas and hastened its death.